Elijah Cummings

Elijah Cummings (18 January 1951-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-MD 7) from 16 April 1996, succeeding Kweisi Mfume.

Biography
Elijah Cummings was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1951, and he practiced law for 19 years and served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1983 to 1996 before being elected to the US House of Representatives. He was a member of the Progressive Democrats.